Franja

grád (fevdalen, utrjen) castle; (kraljev, knežji) palace; castle; (graščina) manor; (podeželski) country seat

grádovi na reki Loire Loire-valley chateaus (ali chateaux), chateaus on the Loire
Versajski grád the palace of Versailles
zidanje grádov v oblake (figurativno) wishful thinking; building (of) castles in the air
obljubljati komu zlate grádove to promise someone the earth
sesuti se kot grád iz kart to collapse like a house of cards
zidati grádove v oblake to build castles in the air (ali in Spain)
ne zidaj grádov v oblake! don't count your chickens before they're hatched!, arhaično sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear

graduated [grǽdjueitid] pridevnik
diplomiran; kalibriran

to be (ali become) graduated maturirati, diplomirati

gráfičen graphic; printing

gráfična predstavitev graphic (ali diagrammatic) representation
gráfična risba diagrammatic drawing; graph; diagram
gráfične umetnosti the graphic arts pl
črno predstaviti to represent graphically

grájati to blame, to rebuke, to reprehend, to reprimand, to reprove, to censure, to chide; to find fault with; to scold, to snob; (ne odobravati) to disapprove, to deprecate

tebe je treba grájati (ti si kriv) you are to blame
grájati vojno to deprecate war
grájati nepravo (napačno) osebo ali stvar (figurativno) pogovorno to bark up the wrong tree

grampus [grǽmpəs] samostalnik
zoologija sabljarica
pogovorno debeluhar; človek, ki sope

to puff (ali blow) like a grampus puhati, sopsti kakor kovaški meh

grass¹ [gra:s] samostalnik
trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
pogovorno beluš
pogovorno pomlad
sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
sleng marihuana, mamilo

to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
go to grass! solit se pojdi!
figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da

grate¹ [greit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (against, on, upon)
praskati; škripati, škrtati; strgati
figurativno dražiti, biti zoprn

to grate on (ali upon) one's nerves iti komu na živce
to grate one's teeth škrtati z zobmi

gratulírati to congratulate (za on, upon), arhaično to gratulate

gratulirati si (drug drugemu) to congratulate one another
gratuliral sem si, da sem to naredil I congratulated myself (ali pogovorno I gave my self a pat on the back) for doing this

grave² [greiv] samostalnik
grob
figurativno smrt

as close (ali silent) as the grave tih ko riba
enough to make s.o. turn in his grave dovolj hudo, da bi se človek še v grobu obrnil
one foot in the grave z eno nogo v grobu
as secret as the grave molčečen ko grob
to find one's grave, to sink into the grave umreti
s.o. is walking over my grave zona me spreletava

grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...

grease¹ [gri:s] samostalnik
loj, mast, maža, mazilo, maščoba
veterina žuljnata oteklina na konjski nogi

a grease spot podlež; poprečnež
axle grease kolomaz
in grease, in prime (ali pride) of grease zrel za odstrel (jelen); zrel za zakol
wool in the grease neprana volna

grease² [gri:z] prehodni glagol
mazati, z maščobo umazati, podmazati
figurativno podkupiti; okužiti (konja) z oteklino na nogi

to grease the wheels figurativno odstraniti težave
to grease s.o.'s palm (ali fist, hand) podkupiti koga
like greased lightning bliskovito, ko bi trenil

gréda gredíca

1. bed; patch of ground

cvetlična, vrtna gréda, gredíca flower bed, (garden) bed
ozka cvetlična gréda, gredíca flower border, (s trajnicami) herbaceous border
topla gréda, gredíca hotbed
gréda, gredíca z beluši (za kumare, za solato, s tulipani) asparagus (cucumber, lettuce, tulip) bed
zelenjavna gréda, gredíca vegetable patch (ali pot)

2. (gred, tram) beam

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

gréh sin (zoper, proti, do against), (majhen) peccadillo; offence; offence

brez gréha sinless
Adamov gréh Adam's sin, the Fall
izvirni gréh original sin
mali gréh venial sin
smrtni gréh mortal sin
sedem smrtnih gréhov the seven deadly sins
mladostni gréh youthful sin
mutasti gréh sodomy
storiti gréh to commit a sin
trpeti za tuje gréhe to be a scapegoat
to je gréh in sramota it is a sin and a shame
izpoved gréhov confession of sins
odpuščanje gréhov forgiveness (ali remission) of sins, absolution
odkrivati stare gréhe kake osebe to rake up someone's past
padati v isti gréh to relapse into sin, to backslide
odpustiti gréhe to remit someone's sins
zabresti v gréh to slide into sin
zakriviti gréh to commit a sin
grd kot smrten gréh ugly as sin

grenák bitter; (bolečina itd.) bitter, keen, sharp, poignant

grenka izguba a bitter loss
do grenkega konca to the bitter end
grenka sol Epsom salts
grenke solze salt tears
to je grenka pilula (figurativno) it's a bitter pill
pogoltniti grenko pilulo to swallow a bitter pill
imeti gren okus v ustih to have a bitter taste in the mouth
točiti grenke solze to weep (ali to shed) bitter tears, to weep bitterly

grindstone [gráindstoun] samostalnik
brus, osla

to be kept (ali put, held, brought) one's nose to the grindstone delati brez prestanka, potiti krvav pot

grizzly¹ [grízli] pridevnik
siv, sivkast; osivel, sivolas

grizzly king (ali queen) vrsta muhe za ribolov

gríža medicina dysentery

amebna gríža amoebic dysentery
krvava gríža arhaično bloody flux; veterina scour pl (s konstr. v sg ali pl); geologija talus

gŕlo anatomija throat; (steklenice) neck; gorge, gullet

vnetje gŕla tonsillitis, quinsy
kronično vnetje gŕla arhaično clergyman's throat
gŕlo me boli I have a sore throat
imeti suho gŕlo (figurativno) to have a cobweb in one's throat
ozko gŕlo (figurativno, pogovorno) bottleneck
kričati, vpiti na vse gŕlo to shout (knjižno to cry, to cry out) at the top of one's voice, pogovorno to cry blue murder
nastaviti komu nož na gŕlo to put a knife to someone' throat
pognati po gŕlu (izpiti) to knock it back
glas mi je zastal v gŕlu I had a lump in my throat
besede so mi obtičale v gŕlu the words stuck in my throat
peti na vse gŕlo to sing at the top of one's voice
prerezati gŕlo komu to cut someone's throat
na vse gŕlo se smejati to roar with laughter
sit sem tega do gŕla I am sick and tired of that, I am bored to death (ali to tears) with that, I'm fed up to the back teeth with that, ZDA pogovorno it's coming out of my ears, it bores the pants off me
do gŕla sem vsega sit I've had a bellyful, žargon I'm absolutely cheesed off